MAHARAJ is the story of a reformer’s fight against a priest. The year is 1861. Karsandas Mulji (Junaid Khan) resides in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) with his father Mulji Bhai (Sandeep Mehta), mama and widowed masi (Sneha Desai). Karsandas is a reformer who works with progressive men like Dadabhai Naoroji. He’s… a religious man but doesn’t believe in blind faith. He’s engaged to Kishori (Shalini Pandey) and they are all set to marry. Kishori is a devout follower of Jadunathji (Jaideep Ahlawat), the priest of the biggest ‘haveli’ (temple) in Bombay. Jadunathji selects Kishori for a ceremony called ‘charan sparsh’, which involves the priest sleeping with an unmarried woman. Karsandas sees Kishori in a compromising position with the Maharaj and he disowns her. He also questions this practice which he feels exploits women. He decides to raise his voice and as a result, he is disowned by his father. He tries to educate society, but the people of his community don’t see any wrong in letting the Maharaj sleep with the women in their family. On top of that, the Maharaj uses his influence to crush him. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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